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- DeHackEd v2.2
- By Greg Lewis (Tree)
- gregl@umich.edu
-
- This file contains the general start-up instructions and info. Please
- read it first for info on how to best use DeHackEd! Note that whenever
- I refer to doom.exe in the following document, it is synonomous with
- doom2.exe (unless specifically stated otherwise).
-
- Caveat #1: The sound code does not work perfectly. You can try it if
- you wish (it won't freeze this time), and you CAN hear the (first) sound,
- but it just doesn't work quite right after that. There's nothing I can
- really do about it, because I'm just using someone else's sound library.
-
- Caveat #2: This should be compatible with all Doom 2 versions. If
- it's not compatible with your version, upgrade to Doom 2 v1.7a, which
- is supported. Patches are fully compatible between Doom 1 v1.666,
- Doom 2 v1.7 and Doom 2 v1.7a. Doom 2 v1.666 is slightly incompatible,
- with regards to the text section.
- Moral: upgrade to Doom 2 v1.7a!
-
-
- Important things to do FIRST:
-
- 1. The first thing to do is make sure that DeHackEd works correctly.
- Edit the DEHACKED.INI file and change all the necessary parameters to
- reflect the setup of your computer. Then, making sure that DeHackEd and
- the .ini file are in the same directory, run DeHackEd. As long as you
- don't get any errors, everything should be fine.
-
- 2. MAKE BACKUP PATCHES. This is important. (A backup patch is no
- substitute for a good solid zip of your whole exe somewhere, BTW.) You'll
- need to do this once for every doom.exe version that you plan to edit.
- To do this step correctly you need to be working with the original Doom
- exe file that hasn't been modified. If it's been modified, you'll need
- to reinstall it first. Then start up DeHackEd (once for each doom version
- you have) and then type 's', and the name of the backup patch. The naming
- scheme is as follows, and is quite important:
- Doom 1 v1.2: NORMAL12.DEH
- Doom 1 v1.666: NORMAL16.DEH
- Doom 2 v1.666: NORMAL20.DEH
- Doom 2 v1.7: NORMAL17.DEH
- Doom 2 v1.7a: NORML17A.DEH
- OK, so they're not the best names in the world, but hey, if it works...
- Once you do that, you can reload the "original" doom setup at any time
- by typing 'l', typing in the correct name (from above), and then
- hitting 'w' to write the changes.
-
- Now you should be all set up. Have fun, let me know if you have any
- problems and I'll try to help you out.
-